Gällivare Municipality
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/36933
- Note
- "Gällivare Municipality (Swedish: Gällivare kommun, Finnish: Jällivaaran kunta, Norwegian: Gällivare kommune, Northern Sami: Jiellevárri gielda or Váhčira gielda) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Gällivare. The municipality is the third biggest in Sweden.
Gällivare Municipality also hosts an airport, Gällivare Airport. It is the nearest airport to the national parks Sarek and Padjelanta, making it popular for hikers.
Gällivare is also the central place for The Firstborn Laestadianism.
Gällivare Municipality is a multilingual municipality, as a sizeable share of the population is made up of Finnish and Sami speakers." - (en.wikipedia.org 30.03.2020) - Latitude
- 67.133331298828
- Longitude
- 20.64999961853
- Population
- 18,428
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
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